Description

WordPress Plugin User Registration-Custom Registration Form, Login Form And User Profile is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary code and run it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin User Registration-Custom Registration Form, Login Form And User Profile version 3.0.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.0.2.1 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/07/interesting-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-patched-in-user-registration-wordpress-plugin/

https://lana.codes/lanavdb/c0a58dff-7a5b-4cc0-82d6-2255e61d801c/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/user-registration/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2023-3342 CWE-434 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Unauthenticated File Upload